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Are We Making Poverty History?
Halfway to 2015

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Every year since world leaders signed the Millennium Declaration committing to meet eight world-changing goals by 2015, mass rallies have been held around the globe to remind governments of their commitments � on hunger, education, health care, gender equality, the environment, and more. Seven and a half years on, we stand midway from Declaration to deadline. Perspectives looks at how far we've come, and where we go from here.

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